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JOHN P. DAUTH, 0 F. READING, PENNSYLVANIA, Letters Patent No.-72,813, dated Decem ber 31, 1867.

IMPROVED .EAVES-TROUGH.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:-

Be it known that I, JOHN P. DAUTH, of Reading, in the county of Berks, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Instrument or Machine for Supporting Eaves-Troughs; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this Specification, in which- Figures land 2 are perspective views,

Figure 3 a lateral view application or attachment, and Figure 4 an eaves or roof attachment. v

This instrument or machine can be constructed of,copper, brass, or zinc, hoop-metal, or of galvanized or other hoop-iron. e I

To,enablc others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my trough-supporter of galvanized hoop-iron, (but the same may be made of any of-the metals above enumerated, either hammered or rolled to a proper thickness and width,) from one half to two or more inches in width, and of sufficient length to pass around the trough intended to be held, and'have a few inches to spare, which I bend in the form of the letter U, (see figs. 1 and 2,) the ends, as in fig. 1, being bent downwards, and clamped or fastened together by means of a small screw-bolt and nut at A, fig. 1, or upward, and

fastened between the burrs or nuts on the attachment-rod, as at A, fig. 2. A hole is placed in the centre of the top, B, fig. 1, A, fig. 2, for the passage through of the attachment-rod, by means of which, and the nuts on the same, the holder, and with it the trough, can be raised or lowered at pleasure, (letters B and C, fig. 3, and A, fig. 2.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The holder, represented in figs. 1 and 2, intended to pass around the trough, and hold it tightly or loosely, as .it may be -wanted, and from which the trough can be removed and replaced at will,-by taking out the .bolt at A, fig. 1, or detaching at A, fig. 2.

This holder can be attached to all kinds of roofs, shingle, slate, tin, or other.

JOHN P. DAUTH.

Witnesses:

JOHN RALSTON, F. B: LAUCKS. 

